BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left for London Tuesday for better treatment and celebrating Eid with family members.
An Emirates airlines flight carrying Khaleda left Shahjalal airport at 9:30pm while hundreds of leaders waved their hands outside the airport, said Shamsuddin Didar, an official of Khaleda's press wing.
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Khaleda was accompanied by her younger brother Shamim Eskander and his wife Kaniz Fatema; her Personal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar and house maid Fatema Akhter.
This is Khaleda’s second visit to the UK after 2006. She is likely to spend Eid-ul-Adha with her family members in London.
Khaleda's elder son Tarique Rahman has now been living in London with his family members since 2007. He is facing a number of graft and criminal cases.
Khaleda and Tarique met last year when she went to Saudi Arabia for Umrah.
This will be their first meeting since Khaleda’s younger son Arafat Rahman Coco died of cardiac arrest in January this year.
Khaleda was supposed to meet Tarique in Saudi Arabia for Umrah during the last Ramadan but the reunion fell through as she had cancelled the visit in the last moment.
A number of BNP leaders said Coco’s wife Sharmila Rahman Sithi and her two daughters Jahiya Rahman and Jaisa Rahman were likely to fly to London from Thailand to spend the Eid together.